"Maynard G. Krebbs" wrote in

How do you feel about the current usage of the terms, "Decimate" and
"Clip instead of Magazine"?


Decimate, my usage of that is mostly in digital signal processing:
decimation in time or frequency. Decimate to reduce by 1/10, which is not
true in DSP. The modern usage is wrong too, as is the use of quantum. A
"quantum leap" is actually the smallest leap possible, as quantum is the
smallest divisible unit. Here the use means the exact opposite of the word.

A clip is a clip as in the clip for the Garand Semi Automatic Rifle. Bullets
were fed into the clip, the clip loaded into the magazine. Stripper clips
are also used to load magazines. I call magazines magazines and clips clips.
Revolvers use speed loading clips. Clips hold bullets, magazines hold
bullets in the rifle.

Unless you are talking about "newsclip" as a magazine instead of a
periodical.